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to sit. as a
and Review
•is called a “new yardstick” of
valuation for timber lands. This
Ittesthod used in the total revalua
tion pt taxable property this year
about like this : .
A flat value of from $5 to $10
£fpr acre is put on the land itself
and then an additional valuation
is tacked on of $1.50 for each esti
mated cord of pulpwood and $10 per
thousand for etuch estimated thous
and feet of saw timber.
> Wdl over 40,000 acres, ^ , the
county’s best timber land is owned
by pufcwood eoftwraifons whose
i«m: H every other acre of land in
Jobes bounty were valued in the
same fashipn it would be all right,
'.but they (the pulp companies) fed
it not only unfair but illegal to
| feed tbeip.,out of a different spoon
than other smaller landowners.
One private landowner at least,
I increase $6,000 is represented as
coming from an (intimated 4,000
1 cords of puipwood on the land.
■' A review of same over 30 more
: private owners of timiberland in
. Pollocksville Township revealed
that no such addition had been
made to their basic valuations be
i eause of estimated puipwood or
f timber on their lands.
, This is the basis for the com
plaint. There is no argument
against the‘county commissioners
•having/ the right to levy a tax on
property of any Mud, but the
puipwood companies and White in
sist that every piece of property
, must be valued in the same man
ner. This they will insist is not
C the - case, and-they will cite the
valuations of several hundred in
dividual tracts owned, by Jones
One agreed , mat the pulpwood
companies had no tote in Jones
County, but reminded that they
did have the right- to appeal to
the State Board of. Assessments
- and Appeals if the commiissioners
refuse to correct what’they term
‘‘an "inequity”. <
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sented inl^rst
:hwoman’s Meet
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Chinquapin Chapel Chris
urch last week in the first
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Accident Gets
Leo Jones in Trouble
A routine investigation of an
aocidept during the, past week in
volving a car driven by Leo Willie
Jones of Pollocicsville Township
led to die indictment of Jones on
a rather unusual charge.
When Patrolman Bert Mercer
and Sheriff Brown Yates went to
the scene of the wreck there was
ho Evidence of any criminal lia
bility for either driver, but as a
routine procedure and in drder to
fill out the prescribed forms Jones
was asked to show his -drivers
license. ' ^
Yates says Jones was drinking,
not enough to be charged with
drunken driving, but just enough to
be "lippy”, and as one part of
that “lippiness” he refused to dis
play Ms drivers license.
This resulted in Jones being put
in the Jones County jug or, die
seldom used change r “Failure to
surrender driver’s license for in
spection”,
The officers did finally get a
look at the license while Jones was
“enjoying” the hospitality of the
located in the
Cou»«
On June aistfourlot&^fcoUocks
ville Township from K. M. Murphy
On June 24tft OOt Mt in White
Oak Township HTOMpFaul A. Nunn
On June 24th ate tract in White
Oak Township from John T. Wood
to Superior Stone OQtfipany.
Unmarked Patrol Cars
Now Being Used
Highway Patrol headquarters
announced last week for the first
time in over two years unmarked
police .cars are erasing Tar Heel
roads.
Patrol Major D. T. Lambert said
a number of plain ears is already
in service throughout the state.
Approximately 120 unmarked cars
will eventually be in use, he said.
The General Assembly limited,
the use of plain oars to 21 per cent
of the patrol’s 581-caf fleet, and
specified that warning signs be
erected , along all highways enter
ing the state.
The patrol executive said this
had been done by the Highway
Commission and that unmarked
cars would be on routine patrols
from now on. Two of the cars will
be equipped with the Markel Traf
fic Owners, he said. The cameras
allow troopers to photograph traf
fic violations on the road ahead as
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Dr., 4>ul|in F. Bull and
Leaven for Shallotte
Dr. Lubin F. Bullard, who has
practiced medicine in Trenton for
the past several months, moved
his office this week to Brunswick
County. |
Dr; Bullard’s new practicewill be
from Shallotte, an isolated com
munity deep in North Carolina’s
most southeasterly county.
David R. Jones Gets
3-5 Years fojr Bigamy
In spite of an' eloquent idea for
probation again this week by New
Bern Attorney Charles Abernathy,
Judge Clifton Moore said his sen
tence last week to David R. JoneS
of 3 to 5 years in prison would
have to stand.
Abernathy* succeeding Kinston
Attorney William Allen, who bad
represented Jones at his trial,
ased his plea tor a new trial upon
evidence”. Judge Moore did
sufficient evi
te merit
Prison Commission is
Named by Governor
•"vai-JSBS&y-.. -
The membership of the new
State Prison Commission was an
nounced last Friday by Governor
Hodges. This It an agency which
was created by recent legislation
in the 1957 General Assembly.
Appointed for four-yea/ terms
beginning July 1, 1957, and expir
ing June 30, 1961, are:
Limn- D. Garibaldi of Matthews,
a telephone company executive,
who will serve as%Chairman of the
Commission.
Mrs. J. Melville Broughton of
Raleigh.
Dr. M. B. Davis of High Point,
a Negro physician.
W. W. Shope afWeavervHle,
businessman and mayor. ■;
Appointed for two-year terms
beginning July 1, 1957, and. ex
piring June 30, 1959, are:
T. R. Eller of Brevard, attorney
and Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of Transyl
vania ,County.
Dr. William MeGehee of Leafcs
ville^pray, an industrial psycholo
gist and educati«(ual director of
Fieldcrest Mills.
Edgar Gurganus of Wiiliamston,'
lawyer and past president of. the
State Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
ssittifi Includes
'Out’ Larcrelv
governor Hodges announced last
Friday the membership of the new
State Highway Commission which
was reorganized unddr legislation
enacted by the North Carolina
•General Assembly of 1957. The
new commissioners are:
William T. Jjpyner of Raleigh,
appointed for a term of four years,
beginning July 1,1957 and expiring
June 30/ 1961.. He will serve as
Chairman of the Commission. A
prominent attorney, Joyner has
been active in many civic, gov
ernmental and state affairs.
Robert Bunnelle of Asheville, ap
pointed for a -term of two years
beginning July 1, 1957 and expiring
on June 30, 1959. A Veteran news
paperman, Bunnelle is publisher of
the “Asheville Citizen-Times” and
has served as Associated Press
Correspondent.
Lee White of Concord, ap
pointed for a term ,of two years
beginning July 1, 1957 and expiring
June 30, 1959. White is a farmer,
a businessman, Chairman of the
Cabarrus County Commissioners,
nd active in the State County com
missioners organization for many
years.
Ralph Howland of Elkin, ap
pointed for a term of four years
beginning July 1, 1957 and expiring
June 30, 1961. A veteran news
paperman, Howland served with
the Associated Pres* tor-many
years, later was Raleigft corres
pondent for the Charlotte Obser
ver, and is now Director of Public
Relations at Chatham Manufactur
ing Company id I3kin.
Cutlar Moore of tumberioi:, ap
pointed for a two year term begin
ning July l, 1957 and expiring June
bJOItiSbiiatot' Moore is a well
andfarmer,
___ ybar term be
..PjHF’fc: HOT and expiring
June SiO, 1961. He is former mayor
arid a retired businessman.
Fletcher Gregor^ of Weldon, ap
pointed for a tour, year term be
ginning July 1, 1957 and expiring
June 30, 1961. He is Vice President
of Hie Bank of Halifax at Weldon,
Chairman of the School Board and
active in civic affairs.
'I am genuinely pleased and
proud' to announce the names of
these seven men who will serve on
the new State Highway Commis
sion,” said the Governor. “They
are all. outstanding men represent
ing a wide variety of activities in
North Carolina. It will be their re
sponsibility to establish and direct
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Card Party Friday
Th* Womirfi Club i* sponsoring
a Card Party Friday night.at Hw
club houso for tha banafit of tha
Finar Carolina Contort. Bridge,
canasta and setback will be played .
and prises will be given. Also,
refreshments will be served.*SOc
tickets can be boughs' from any
member of the Woman's Club, or
at the door. Everyone is invited.
Only Three Purely
Jones Bills Passed
In General Assembly
Among the thousands of State and
local bills passed in the 1957 ses
sion of the General Assembly there
were only three that applied to
Jones County alone.
These were House Bill 15C au
thorizing the naming of deputy of
ficials to the several constitutional
officers of the county; clerk of
court, register of deeds and sheriff.
House Bill 157 which authorized
the Jones County of Commissioners
to continue sitting as a Board of
Equalization and Review for as
long as necessary because of the
1957 revaluation of the county’s
taxable property. Ordinarily the
general law authorizes the com
missioners to sit in that capacity
on the Third Monday in March.
House Bill 1431 named Jeff.Gom
way of White Oak Township to the
County Board of Education, re
placing John Hughes Pollock who
had resigned.
Trenton Sailor on
, &1
Fleet train-1
with the U. S. First
Fleet off the California coast.
Same 18,000. men and 40 ships
were involved in the exercise. On
arrival in San Francisco Bay, Vice
Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Com
mander of the First Fleet, con
ducted a Review from his flagship
the cruiser USS Rochester, as the
ships paraded in column under the
famed Golden Gate Bridge.
the policies of our great hignway
program, and I am confident that
they will serve competently, ef
ficiently and in the best interest
of all the people in all the coun
ties.”
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